Half Past Nine

At half past nine the lobby goes quiet, the fire is banked, and somebody reads aloud from the beginning. Sit wherever you like.

The author reads the Prologue

Book Day, Saturday 10 October 2026

The next reading begins at half past nine on Saturday 10 October, your time. There is nothing to wait in: come back then, or any evening after.

Read the Prologue (the transcript)

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Out of the story: the author reads the Prologue of Dreamscape Code, about eleven minutes. The recording begins at 21:30 in your own time, so nobody has to stay up for it. It is being made now; until it arrives, the full text is the Prologue itself, one link away. Nothing plays until you press play.